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Dear Healthcare Professional,
Welcome to the July edition of our email newsletters aimed to keep you updated with the latest in infant nutrition to help you support parents. This month we are discussing the findings and implications of a review of the relationship between feeding and overweight in infants and young children aged 6-24 months. Our events page has also been updated for the upcoming summer and autumn months, so make sure to take a look to ensure you don’t miss out on events near you.
Kind regards,
The SMA® Professional Team |
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| Early life nutrition and later obesity risk |
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| Childhood overweight and obesity is an increasing public health concern. It is strongly correlated with adult overweight and obesity and the related co-morbidities such as CVD and diabetes1 2. Early life feeding has been identified as a ‘critical window’ for obesity risk3. It is hypothesised that rapid weight gain during infancy is the strongest factor associated with childhood overweight and obesity and could be modifiable with intervention4. Hardwick and Sidnell’s (2014) review of the diets of infants was based on data from the DNSIYC survey (2011). The findings highlighted that the diets of infants and young children in the UK aged between 6-24 months are providing energy in excess of current recommendations and potentially are also providing protein in excess of metabolic requirements. Read the full paper here including the role healthcare professionals can play in the prevention of excess weight gain in early life5. |
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To support you in your continuing professional development we have an events page detailing upcoming key conferences and events for healthcare professionals to attend.
Now updated with new dates for the upcoming summer and autumn months, it includes both our own upcoming SMA Nutrition events and external events at which we will be exhibiting.
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| SMA PRO® Follow-on Milk |
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| National dietary surveys show that the diets of infants and toddlers in the UK and Ireland may be sub-optimal with typical diets providing excess energy and protein and not enough vitamin D and iron7 8 9. SMA® PRO Follow-on Milk is designed to complement the weaning diet and help infants aged 6-12 months achieve the recommended intakes of iron, calcium and Vitamin D. |
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GOS = Galacto-oligosaccharides, FOS = Fructo-oligosaccharides |
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SMA® PRO Follow-on Milk is also the lowest protein follow-on milk in the UK & Ireland10 11 12 13 at
1.3 g/100 g, in line with the findings that average daily protein intakes, in infants over 6 months, exceed recommendations7 8 9. |
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women and new mothers be informed on the benefits and superiority of breastfeeding – in particular the fact that it provides the best nutrition and protection from illness for babies. Mothers should be given guidance on the preparation for, and maintenance of, lactation, with special emphasis on the importance of a well-balanced diet both during pregnancy and after delivery. Unnecessary introduction of partial bottle-feeding or other foods and drinks should be discouraged since it will have a negative effect on breastfeeding. Similarly, mothers should be warned of the difficulty of reversing a decision not to breast-feed. Before advising a mother to use an infant formula, she should be advised of the social and financial implications of her decision: for example, if a baby is exclusively bottle-fed, more than one can (400 g) per week will be needed, so the family circumstances and costs should be kept in mind. Mothers should be reminded that breast milk is not only the best, but also the most economical food for babies. SMA® PRO Follow-on Milk is only suitable for babies over 6 months as part of a mixed diet. It should not be used as a substitute for breast milk during the first 6 months. The decision to start weaning or to use this product before 6 months, should be made only on the advice of a doctor, midwife, health visitor, public health nurse, dietitian or pharmacist, based on baby’s individual needs.
References: 1. Baker JL, Olsen LW, Sorensen TI. (2007). Childhood body-mass index and the risk of coronary heart disease in adulthood. N Engl J Med. 357, 2329-2337 2. Koletzko B, Brands B, Poston L et al. (2012). Early nutrition programming of long-term health. Proceedings of the nutrition society. 71, 371-378. 3 United Nations System (2006). The double burden of Malnutrition – a challenge for cities worldwide. Third world Urban Forum SCN Statement, Vancouver 19-23 June. 4. Ong KK, Ahmed ML, Emmett PM, Preece MA, Dunger DB., (2000). Association between postnatal catch-up growth and obesity in childhood: a prospective cohort study. BMJ. 320, 967-971.5. Harwick, J and Sinell, A. (2014). Infant nutrition – diet between 6 and 24 months, implications for paediatric growth, overweight and obesity. Nutrition Bulletin 39 (4) 354–363 6. Dennison BA, Edmunds LS, Stratton HH, Pruzek RM., (2006). Rapid infant weight gain predicts childhood overweight. Obesity. 14, 491-499 7. Lennox A et al. (2013) Diet and Nutrition Survey of Infants and Young Children. Available here. Accessed 3rd June 2016. 8. Bates B et al. (2012) NDNS Headline Results from Years 1,2 and 3 (Combined). Department of Health and Food standards Agency. Available here. Accessed 3rd June 2016 9. Irish Universities Nutrition Alliance. National Pre-School Nutrition Survey. Summary Report. www.iuna.net: Dublin: IUNA, 2012 10. SMA® PRO Follow-on Milk datacard. Available here. Accessed 3rd June 2016 11. Aptamil datacard for Follow-on Milk. Available here. Accessed 3rd June 2016. 12. Cow and Gate datacard for Follow-on Milk. Available here. Accessed 3rd June 2016.13. HIPP datacard for Follow-on Milk. Available here. |
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